Stop 6 - Medal of HonorIt was here where the First Delaware Infantry was on the front line of French’s Division in their attack on the road. Lt. Charles Tanner remembered that in “less than five minutes, 286 men out of 635, and eight of ten company commanders, lay wounded or dead on that bloody slope…and our dearly beloved colors were lying within twenty yards of the frowning lines of muskets, surrounded by the lifeless bodies of nine heroes, who died trying to plant them in that road of death.” ![]() Follow the trail toward the visitor center, stopping at the two cannon for the next stop |
Last updated: February 20, 2021